Efficacy of Temozolomide-Conjugated Gold Nanoparticle Photothermal Therapy of Drug-Resistant Glioblastoma and Its Mechanism Study

Temozolomide (TMZ) is a standard-of-care chemotherapeutic drug for the treatment of glioblastoma (GBM), but TMZ-acquired resistance limits its therapeutic effect. In this study, TMZ-loaded gold nanoparticles (TMZGNPs) with anti-EphA3 modification on the surface (anti-EphA3-TMZ@GNPs) were synthesized for chemical and auxiliary plasma photothermal treatment (GNPs-PPTT), aiming to overcome the problem of glioma resistance to TMZ and improve the therapeutic effects of GBM. The prepared anti-EphA3-TMZ@GNPs were spherical with a particle size of 45.88 ± 1.9 nm, and the drug loading was 7.31 ± 0.38%. In vitro, cell-culture-based experiments showed that anti-EphA3 increased the cellular uptake of GNPs in T98G cells. Upon laser irradiation, the cytotoxicity and apoptosis rate in the anti-EphA3-TMZ@GNPs-treated group were significantly higher than those in the GNPs and nonphotothermal groups (p < 0.001). The Western blot analysis showed that the GNPs-PPTT-mediated killing of tumor cells induced apoptosis by regulating the apoptotic signaling molecules and cell cycle inhibitors; the expression of MGMT significantly decreased upon p53 induction, thereby reversing drug resistance. After photothermal treatment, the survival time of the subcutaneous GBM model of nude mice in the anti-EphA3-TMZ@GNPs group was prolonged to 46 days, 1.64-fold longer as compared to that in the TMZ group. Based on H&E and TUNEL staining, GNPs-PPTT could elevate apoptosis in T98G cells. In vivo thermal imaging results showed that GNPs could enter the brain via intranasal administration and be eliminated in 2 days, indicating that GNPs are safe for brain. In conclusion, GNPs-PPTT could effectively induce apoptosis in glioma cells and reverse TMZ resistance, thereby, indicative of a promising treatment strategy for GBM.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Molecular pharmaceutics - 19(2022), 4 vom: 04. Apr., Seite 1219-1229

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yu, Yawen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Aiping [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Siqi [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yuchen [VerfasserIn]
Chu, Liuxiang [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Xiaoyue [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xincui [VerfasserIn]
Sha, Chunjie [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Kaoxiang [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Lixiao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7440-57-5
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Drug resistance
Glioblastoma
Gold
Gold nanoparticles
Journal Article
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Photothermal therapy
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Temozolomide
YF1K15M17Y

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Date Completed 05.04.2022

Date Revised 09.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00083

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337932700